Whose Turn is it Anyway? Initiative in T2k

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Thanks to Wayne for the suggestion of a post on tackling Initiative (and Panic) in Twilight: 2000.

Unlike most RPGs, Initiative in T2k is randomly generated, linked to the rules for panic/freezing and determines extra atatcks per round, all without being dependent on a character's reflexes...

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An alternate method to determine the maximum starting Terms for a character in advance rather than during character creation.

See the related post about Skills by Term / Careers earlier.

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I find the character generation for T2k v2.2 somewhat disorganised, so here's the link to the Google Spreadsheet I used to generate my half-dozen pre-generated characters that I hope others find useful. This initial post deals with the "starting packages" ie Background Skills, Education careers...

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The latest in my posts on various non-combat aspects of the game: Crawl Out through the Fallout (Radiation in Twilight: 2000.

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This post entitled "Bring out Your Dead" is an analysis of the "mini-game" within the Twilight: 2000 v2.2 rules dealing with disease.

Reading through the background material (resulting disease helps drop the world population to 50% a lot more than the actual armed...

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Another 20 answers, this time about rules:

Answers to 20 Quick Rules Questions: Twilight: 2000 v2.2

Together with the previous 20 "campaign" answers (and any others to follow for the other main regions eg America, Kenya, Korea), this should give any new players...